To me, tail and ear cropping are both animal cruelty, and should be banned, as they are in other countries.
An excuse often used is that AKC standards require this mutilation, so without it, your dog can’t enter and win dog shows.
But European dog shows accept natural dogs, and the AKC is starting to follow suit with some breeds.
It’s time for them to completely discard any standard requiring mutilation, and for either the federal government, or as is more traditional in the US, all the states, to enact complete bans, without weasel clauses like “except under the direction of a veterinarian.”
Including not plugging it in, noticing that it has become UNplugged, and failing to turn it on, supposedly the number one reason for calls to repair centers and IT departments.
After Clark Gable and Carole Lombard were married, they bought a small farm to live on, rather than a Hollywood mansion.
Gable had lived and worked on a farm for a while as a young boy, and had done other physically demanding jobs.
Lombard wanted a simple life outside their Hollywood careers, though neither intended to stop acting.
They bought one cow, but built a small, modern dairy operation for it, and from what I read, were proud of their fresh milk.
Not only have I been missing some time on Cleo because of the County Fair…
Three nights in a row I’ve lost the Internet for varying periods of time. Thursday it didn’t come back to morning….
Yesterday (Friday) it came back faster, but not while I could stay awake.
Tonight it came back quickly but went away again.
There have been people I wanted to reply to, and things I wanted to comment on but never got the chance.
Sorry!
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One thing I recall is that P51Strega and JP Steve both posted great videos of starlings for me….
Thanks!
It’s hard to say, not being a bird expert, and trying to describe things far away from my eyes… But I don’t think mine are starlings… though as I understand it there are many kinds of starlings, so who knows.
But the birds in the videos seemed a bit larger, more numerous and better choreographed than my pepper birds, who seem to fly a little farther apart.
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Idon’t like the trimmed ears. I never did.
don’t see tails either
I think that the camera cut those off. 🙂
I’d like to think that.
Very much so.
The review committee has gone over your application. Frankly, it doesn’t look good.
To me, tail and ear cropping are both animal cruelty, and should be banned, as they are in other countries.
An excuse often used is that AKC standards require this mutilation, so without it, your dog can’t enter and win dog shows.
But European dog shows accept natural dogs, and the AKC is starting to follow suit with some breeds.
It’s time for them to completely discard any standard requiring mutilation, and for either the federal government, or as is more traditional in the US, all the states, to enact complete bans, without weasel clauses like “except under the direction of a veterinarian.”
You got my vote.
Luigi Bazzani
Carl Spitzweg
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The man in the top window ist trying to drop a note to the young lady below.
I don’t know whether she has noticed it, but the nun (probably her chaperone) looks rather horrified.
It’s a $100 bill… he’s fishing.
Cell phone — he’s a peeping Tom…
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Good night, America, how are you?
Say, don’t you know me? I’m your native son…
Different train, but I love that song!
BTW, Arlo Guthrie made it famous, and Steve’s friend John Prine recorded it, and so did Willie Nelson…
But Steve Goodman wrote it, and performed it first, and maybe best.
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Guys, this really is the story of my life. The bad thing is, i doubt that i’m not the only one.
You doubt you’re not?
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I agree. I had to stop and think when i reread them.
oops.
Mixed two turns of phrases. 😀
Well, one good turn deserves another…
Sattinger’s Law: It works better if you plug it in.
This has happened to me more times than I care to admit!
And its corollary: It works better if you turn it on.
Murphys Law has many, many corollaries.
Including not plugging it in, noticing that it has become UNplugged, and failing to turn it on, supposedly the number one reason for calls to repair centers and IT departments.
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Scroll too fast and it’s gonna roll right off the screen!
Pretty cool and slightly creepy.
Did we recently see this in a different color?
possibly—-my short-term memory seems to be kaput
Amen.
It jiggles!
Carol Lombard and Clark Gable
MILK??
After Clark Gable and Carole Lombard were married, they bought a small farm to live on, rather than a Hollywood mansion.
Gable had lived and worked on a farm for a while as a young boy, and had done other physically demanding jobs.
Lombard wanted a simple life outside their Hollywood careers, though neither intended to stop acting.
They bought one cow, but built a small, modern dairy operation for it, and from what I read, were proud of their fresh milk.
They seem awfully tall.
Alcatraz Island
Looks like that deer skeleton I tried to articulate…
this can be dizzying …….
but there IS one set of three numbers different than 529
can you find it before your eyes give out?
Found it on my 2nd pass.
One?
I went back and found those and one more!
There are at least three.
I don’t think we’ve ever done one of these with less than three or four extra numbers besides the one we’re supposed to find.
Jumped out at me again!
found them all, surprising for me!
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ALIEN!!! ☺
That’s one flying saucer that’s not going to kidnap my family!
Cleo is very clever.
Being a cartoon dog has its advantages.
Now I’m wondering whether the cartoon people can read the speech balloons as well.
I seem to recall them doing it.
But why didn’t all the other contestants (and Claude!) read them too?
I think they’re just so used to them that they forget that they’re there.
Not only have I been missing some time on Cleo because of the County Fair…
Three nights in a row I’ve lost the Internet for varying periods of time. Thursday it didn’t come back to morning….
Yesterday (Friday) it came back faster, but not while I could stay awake.
Tonight it came back quickly but went away again.
There have been people I wanted to reply to, and things I wanted to comment on but never got the chance.
Sorry!
…
One thing I recall is that P51Strega and JP Steve both posted great videos of starlings for me….
Thanks!
It’s hard to say, not being a bird expert, and trying to describe things far away from my eyes… But I don’t think mine are starlings… though as I understand it there are many kinds of starlings, so who knows.
But the birds in the videos seemed a bit larger, more numerous and better choreographed than my pepper birds, who seem to fly a little farther apart.
Bats?
Um they’re not hanging by their toesies when they all alight on a wire or, as I said, outline the roof of a building.
The bats I’ve seen will perch under the roof, not on top.
I’ve heard that they can fly in formation.
I wonder what it looks like, since their flight usually looks more like tumbling in zigzags.
That totally depends on the species and what prey they’re after.
The small ones here hunt mosquitoes (yeah!) between the tree tops.
We have starlings here and they behave very much like you describe. Our local starlings are no where near as artistic as the ones in the videos.